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Patients in Kenya throng private hospitals for treatment as nurses' strike bites

The industrial action by nurses and other health workers, which started on Monday, has crippled the delivery of services in public health facilities, forcing hundreds of patients to throng private hospitals in search of treatment.

Some of the hospitals that were flocked by distressed patients included the Catholic-sponsored Consolata Mission Hospital in Mathari and Outspan Hospital.

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